In Deus Ex: Icarus Effect, "M V Icarus" is the name of a yacht that plays a role in the story.According to Janus, " a society that can augment itself at will" is comparable to Icarus in the eyes of the Illuminati.
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Janus remarks, " Like brave but foolhardy Icarus, those who dare to go beyond the boundaries will fall to their deaths.” Janus describes the story of the Icarus myth when explaining the Icarus Effect to Anna Kelso.According to the theory, such individuals are perceived to be a threat to the society's stability, like Icarus who dared to use technology to allow him to "fly too close to the sun." Thus, these renegades are eliminated by society to the effect that stability is maintained. The name of the novel Deus Ex: Icarus Effect refers to the " Icarus Effect," a (fictional) sociological theory that explains the fate of members of a society whose abilities greatly exceed the average.According to Deus Ex: Human Revolution: The Official Guide, this painting can also be seen in several other places throughout the game. The Fall of Icarus, a 1635-37 painting by Jacob Peter Gouwy based on the design by Peter Paul Rubens, can be seen in Brian Tindall's apartment in Detroit ( West Downtown Apartments, 1st floor).The Lament for Icarus, a 1898 painting by Herbert James Draper, can be seen at the Sarif Manufacturing Plant, in the meeting room between assembly lines 1 and 2.Several real-life Icarus paintings can be seen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution:.Also, Hyron drone suits have the "Ἴκαρος" label ("Icarus" in Greek) above a small checkered pattern in the upper right part. Hyron drones in Deus Ex: Human Revolution are positioned in an Icarus pose with reactor apparatuses that mimick both the sun and melting wax wings.In the cinematic trailer for Human Revolution, the footage of Jensen's shuttle flight alternates with the Icarus flight imagery. Jensen's crash landing of the LEO shuttle into the ocean near Panchaea is an allusion to Icarus' eventual fall into the sea.Bob Page has an Icarus statue in his office in Deus Ex: Human Revolution."Icarus - Main Theme" is the main theme of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and the first track in the Deus Ex: Human Revolution Soundtrack.
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During the trailer, Jensen flies to the sun using Icarus' wings, which burst into flames, causing Jensen to fall. Adam Jensen is depicted as Icarus in the cinematic trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.The commentary video, titled "The End of the Icarus Myth," also mentions that Dubai was intended to depict a wealthy city that suffered for embracing augmentation too eagerly in other words, "reaching for the sun too soon." According to developer commentary, this scene was intended to symbolize the end of the golden age of augmentation, and the beginning of a new chapter in which mankind has suffered from human augmentation, resulting in public backlash against the technology. In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the opening scene in Dubai shows Jensen diving downward from the sky with the sun and sea in the background. The sun has also been associated with the golden age of augmentation in general. At the end of Human Revolution, the Aug Incident, which was made possible by widespread adoption of human augmentation, results in a great deal of destruction. The story of Human Revolution extends the notion that human augmentation may have unexpected consequences. In Deus Ex: Icarus Effect, the metaphor of flying "too close to the sun" is used to describe the notion that due to human augmentation, human society may be advancing at pace that is too rapid.